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>«•••«••••••• »•«»«««NcimK\'Wvear**•&*•***m r d Cl 6ome?t*ck from running at Urge shallupon their ballets, the words., 'Fo^he Stock Uw", and those in; favotjbf allowing such animals to runut lafee shall place upon their Ballots•e ana*e and cor-rect copy of the orJeFiCthe Commis-sioners court ordering an election todetermine whether or not a tax of fif-teen [16] cents on the cme hundred“Agfcinst the Stock law". Returns of j [1100.00] dollars, to be used excluafve-I said eh*tk>n to made on or before j ly for road purposes, as it appear* onApril 10th day after said election is I the Minutes of the Commissionersfo Our friends and Neighbors.GKKETING:We are here to at ay. We are here toniake a success. We like the countryami people. We like our business andat rive to increase it by all honorable*.OUR CREED:mWe believe in welling only nueh gotxLtas give entire satisfaction.'f "TV ( We believe in giving one HundredX \ents’ wor[h for every $l.<\\H V.te are convinced that your interestfa and Mrs are closely aligned, and if we *can s|>w yon that it is to your advan-tage to trade with us, that you willgive tis your patronage.^ We believe you will admit that if ourfa goods aud prices are equal to those offa other reliable merchants, it is to your££ interest to trade with us.# We lielive it is very 'much to yoiu"•* advantage to have a large* and variedS stock of reliable and dependable goodsfa ’* so near at hand. Your trade, togetherfa with that of others in this vicinity, will ,9 . enable us to carry such a stock.We trust that this will appeal toyon ami that business mav open be-tween us which may continue lopg,-pleasantly and profitable. Think, De-cide, Ad, and you will win eyeryXlime.WHAT WE CLAIM: *It is our constant endeavor to satisfythe wants of our customers.rWe have the facilities and are ableto meet anv honest competitor’s pricesand oftimes to undersell them. *We claim that #1.000 of our moneywill buy as many goods as $1,000 ofour corojietitors’s.We fight expenses while the big citystores have enormous expenses' ferrental, taxas, advertising, lighting,heat and high priced help. They mustmake big profits in order to live. Webuy cheap, we can and do sell cheap. J ■,We carry ns large and as well as-sorted stock of goods as there is in thethe country and sell lower than everbefore. Come and see us. We are al-wavs glad to have you call whehter youwish to purchase goods or not.held a* provided by law, to CountyJudge tablating the returns mi provid-ed by Uw and declaring the results ofsame.I hereby further order that publica-tion of the election Order *hall b* pubfa liehed for at least thirty (30) days be-i fore the day of said Election by pub-! lieation of this order therefore in theConroe fourier a weaa’y newspaperJ published In said Montgomery County.• i *• A. MCCALL,jfiy j County Judge Montgomery County,fa I Texas.j) THE STATE OF TEXAS-II* Security . - - Texans_____________4COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY 'I I W. F. Griltin, Clerk of the County! Court of Montgomery County, do herei by certify that the above and fore-! going is a full, true and correct copy| of the original order of the County| Judge of Montgomery County, Texas,! ordering an Election for Justice Pre-print Number one (1) of MontgomeryCounty, so far as same relates to 9tockrunning at large, as appears from theoriginal on file in njy office. Givenunder my hand and seal of said Court,this 15th day of Febuary A. D. 1911.W. F. GRIFFITH.County Clerk, Montgomery County.Texas.In the Commissioners Court of Mont-gomery County, Texas. RegularTerm, 1911, towit: Feb. 13, 1911.On this day came to be consideredand acted upon by the Commissioners’court of Montgomery county, all thecourt In Vol. 7. page 05.Witness my hand and seal of office,this 15th day of Februrary, 19ll.W. F.*Griwn, <Co. Clerk. Montgomery Co.By R. D. Simonton, Deputy.AN ORDINANCETo Establish a Fire Link for the Cityof Conroe, Texas; To Regulate theBuilding of Houses within suchFire Limits, and to Provide for theIssurance of Permits therefor.Be it ordained by the city council ofthe City of Conroe, Texas. 1st. TheSouth one half of Block No. 11, Lots17. 18, 19 and 20 of Block No. 12, allof Block No. * all of Block No. 7, theNorth one half of Block No. 5, theEast one half of Block No. 9, of theAyres Addition to the town of Conroe,as shown by map and plat, of said ad-dition, duly of record in Book No. 9, p.360, of the Detjd Records of Mont-gomery County, Texaer be, and thesame are hereby declared to be withinthe fire limits of the city of Conroe,Texas, in any part of which said par-cel of ground it shall be unlawful forany person to erect or place any build-ing or buildings of combustible material, or of any material not fire proof,except as hereinafter specially provied-ed.2nd. That buildings mav be erect-ed within said fire limits of said city ofconroe at any time within twelvemonths from the 22r.d day of Feb-|JJTthereof twin* present and m,ry ml> ot wood/ provid(!di th„rhiehrlmaileredr fori torluredrorthsrlngw oftey_MmmPrs£flother. imiibei&onn\CITATION. .The State of TexasTo the Sheriff or any constable ofMontgomery County, Greeting:■ 'You are hereby commanded to sum-mon J. B. Alexander, by making publi-cation of this Citation once in each5[ week for four successive weeks previ-ous to the return day hereof, in Borne|' newspaper published in Montgomery^ Ccmnty, Texas; to appear at the Marchterm of the Justice Court in and foriNOTICE.Sheriff’s Sa eThe State <;>F Texas |County of Montgomeryqualified votes same being freeholders,participating therein, the Petition of290 qualified voters, they being prop-erty taxpayers of said Montgomerycounty, asking the Court to order anelection to determine whether thereshall be assessed, levied and collected,upon the property within said Mont-gomery county, by said Commission-ers court, a Road and Bridge Tax notto exceed fifteen (15) cents on the onehundred dollars worth of property insaid county, under the provisions oflaw as set forth in Chapter 7, Title 97,of the Revised Statutes of the State ofTexas, Arts. 4786 to 4789 both inclus-ive, and also under the provisions ofthe Special Road law of Montgomerycounty. Texas, chapter 45, Acts 6T1‘tOl, effective April 15, 1901.And it appearing to the Court thatthe said Petition contains the requisitenumber of qualified, resident taxpay-all such houses shall be covered withmetal or other fire proof material only,no such houses composed of wood orother combusti ble material to be con-structed within said period of timeexcept after the issuance to the partyor parties seeking to erect such houseor houses bv the city of Conroe of apermit consistent with this ordinance,the aume to be in the nature of both apermit and a contract between thecity and such party or parties seekingto build, wherein and whereby suchparty or parties so seeking to buildshall subscribe to and acquiesce in theprovisions of this ordinance; provided,that should the owner of any lot or lotsor parts to hereof, at anv timeaftei the22nd day of February, 1912, fail or..refdse to poll down•aid fire limits any or aU t -or buildings so conetrueted asfrom his said property, that tilCity of conron, through its dulyrued officers, agents andshall immediately thereafter and tben*upon have the right to enter uponproperty and tear down and removetherefrom such building or buildings asuforesaid at the cost of the owner ofsaid property, to be charged against itand to become a Hen thereupon.Alt building permits shall be issuedby the City Secretary and countersign-ed by the Mayor, the nartv receivingsame shall pay th the city therefor thesikn of Five Dollars.3rd. If any parson bhall erect anyedifice, building or structure of anykind or character within the fire limitsof the < ty of conrfie without first «•-curing a permit as required by this or-dinance, or if any person shall erectany building, edifice or structure withinsaid fire limits other than as prescribedin said permit, or having erected suchbuilding, edifice or structure, refuses toremove the same Irom said fire limitsby the 22nd dav of February, 1912, heshall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-or, and shall upon conviction thereofbe punished by a fine in any sum notless than Twenty-five nor more thanOne hundred Dollars, and each day thatsaid building, edifice on structure ispermitted to remain in said fire lirnilsin violation of this ordinance shall beconsidered and shall constitute a sepa-rate offense..That no building, edifice or structureupon Blocks No. One, the East half ofBlock No. 4, the South One Half ofBlock No. 5, the West One Half ofBlock No. 9, all of Block No. 12, In thesaid Ayres Addition, and no railroadstation or stations within the limits ofthe city of conroe, shall hereafter at . -giany time be covered with any combust-ible material, but the same shall becovered with tin, sine, sheet iron, orother non-combustible material: pro-vided. that upon the re-covering of anybuilding, edifice or structure withinsaid last mentioned territory, or anysubstantial part of such building, edi-fice or structure, at any time hereafter,such re-covering shall be done withsuch noncombustible material as here-inbefore mentioned, and any personviolating this clause of this ordinanceat any time shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanor and upon conviction there-of shall be punished as hereinbeforeprovided with reference to the viola-tion of this ordinance covering the-'ftrt-"limits of the city of Conroe.Adoptod at the regular meeting ofthe city council of the city of Conroe,Texas, on February 28, 1911, the saidcity council having met in regular' ses-sion on February 22, 1911, and adjourn-ed said meeting over to this date.-* C. T. Darby, Mayor.Attest:Lee H. Frazer, .City Secretary.[SEAL].Wm•*. . - Jigresiding within said Justices Precint ; irvg voters of said Montgomery county.No. one (1) said County, to determine Texas, as provided for bv law and thatwhether hogs, sheep and goats shall be] s“'d Election should be ordered as- . .... . . . .... v. j prayed for. said Petitions are herebyBy virtue of an execution and order | Perm,tted„t0 run at la[*e w,thin aaNJf , granted.______i r u __,, Justices Precint number one (1) of!of sale, issued out of the Honorable | Montgomery Countv Texas and II 's therefore ordered bv the CourtDistrict Court 55th. Judicial District of I *a,d Montgomery County, Texas, and j election for MontynmervHarris County, on 26th day of January, I 9ald <~yurt haVin* dferhnmed that said a al ^a «^ ^ heldmil k /-i J ,u t • petition was signed by the requisite! e0UI1t> '« hereby ordered to be held1911, >y the Clerk thereof, m | number of qualifed free ho|ders throughout the entire county in variousi/ w ir VOr^ * being voters as provided for by law, that ^ oti ng I recincts thereof, as now t*s-i a-i'S t e,aC, 1 the territory to wit;- Justices Precint’ kablished by law for the holding ofW. Lewis, Trustee, | VT — v • 'General Elections and at the usualA. D..1911, bythe case of J. YV.H. Wallis ^iid I».of them and J.4m+■**A-**I ¥i *held ! **4-$20 £5* Poice,ian $2ft IBath TuBvtw ^V.-, iFitted complete iWith tWO fall- *No. 51080, and to me, as Sheriff, dir-No. one (1) being a Political Sub-division of Montgomery County. Texas ; v,>t‘rflT places therein, same to be con-,4tS KT - vi » r.Mr. j etted and delivered, I will proceed to j Drev;OUB|v ]a;j ()ff a"„d desiccated hv! dut'ted by the various presiding officersPrecinct No. Montgomery Coun-y, | .e,, for f?a8h, WIthin the hours pre9crib. '■ and iu fires of Elaction printed toholden in the city of t on- ed by law’, for Sheriff’s Sales, on thero3p5n the last. Monday in March 1911. First Tuesday in March, A. D. 1911, it | K°r"e,r> ‘ WUnl>’and returns^111 made as provided for by law in cases off!lv v. m rt cn,. f, _ Q 1 the Commissioners Court of said Mont- and ju :^cs of Election appointed tobe hoiden m the city of Con- cd by law. for ^ l.eritf . ^ales, on the Countv Tex ts with met#al^°*d General Electionsthe iast Monday in March 1911, First Tuesday in March, A. D. 1911, it 2°™*-ry ^ l>’ U ’ 1 h mt ea 1(Sf February, 1911, In a suit num-, o lowmg P^er^ I the Mputh of Silver Mound Creek to | l«w for holding General Elections, tob^ld 658 on the docket of said court. All that certain lot, tract or parcel L. nfv line Hha]] be known as Justice 1 determinu at f,a“J Flection so held,wfcirein The Montgomery Abstract j °.f land< and being situate m the j precjnt number 0Re (1) Election(a corporation) is plaintiff, ; County of ^Montgomery and SAte ofAlexander is defendant, and Texas, out of and a part of of the Joe wna . . uu, .House Survey, bounded on the South ;' '8, ^a,d Flection was l>> B#,d, . . . , p ; n irthv Snrino- nr- t hv thp fCourt on 13th day of February A. T). I fixation, by said Commissioners courtHouLn andTon\^o rerv Public^oad ' l9ll>the sfrrf ibe first dav Gf !Koad aruJ Br“TtCe Tax of fifteem 115]Hou ton and Montgomery I ublu Road,. , . n , { cents upon the one hundred dollars tax-containing eleven end three-fourths;the Rit,n- A D 1.11 or- . ... • • , v tdered to be heat within said Justices al)lt ProPtrt> within said MontgomeryCompanyand J. Bsaid petition alleging: ‘‘The Mont-gomery Abstract Company, plaintiff,a corporation duly organized and ex-isting under and by virtue of the lawssow hether shall be levied, asseseed andheld in the townot | f-l^’ted upon all the property withinsaid Montgomery county, subject toot the State of Texas, and having its <11 acre oi land, more or less, andoffice and principal place of business j !>t-*'nK the same tract of land conveyed i p jday^of ”March" a' W i and Bndge purposes and the Bartii*in Cotiroe. Montgomery County. Texas, to the Spring Cr.,k LUmb,r Company , »1' .,d*L1 ”*"h ± be di.b»md the vnriou. Con,,i countv,by F. Neidigk by deed dated April 22, j at t^ie U!<ual voting j>la'-e within1907, td which reference is here made, (ownAlso that certain saw mill and planer | S. A.gto be used exclusively for RoadtoCommis-sioners Precincincta of said county, inof Willis. Now, therefore. I. I proport:on to the tax paid, as providedMcCall, as County Judge of for by |aw.located on the above described prerr.i- i Montgomery County, Texas, by virtue j Only qualified voters who pay a prop-in me under j erty are eligible to vote at said elec-the Revised, Stautes of the State Texasunder Arts. 4938 inclusive as Veil as Tickets printed and to be voted, shallby virtue of the order of the Commis- have written or P» intesi on them thesioners Court as herein before set out. wordt, ‘TCP. THE tax’’ and ‘ against1 hereby order a Special Election to ’THe'tax.” and those who favor thebe held in thre town of Willis, within laxchall vote the ticket, “for THEJustice Precint number one (1) of said TA*Y and those who oppose the 'laxvote the ticket..“against THEfor hot and cold ?Rwater and nickle !•plated water jjconnections.I am making oxtiemely low prices on Kitchen SinksLavurtorien and,all plum Ling tixtureM. Call or writeand get prices. I can meet all competition,iregrrdlessof our disastrous tiro.H D. RADLEY,I•'4s/i.rjfiMm1 hr Practical Tinner.1Cbnroe» Texas |itM11-11! ^ ^ win Conroe, Montgomery Countysues J. B. Alexander, wiiosC residencewas formerly in Dallas County, Texas,but who is a transient person, as thisRttiff is jjiiformed and believes,been unartfi*. after the,8es- together with nil dolleys and do!- of the authority vestedreasonable diligence, to ascerJN wa>«. tools, sa^s, furniture, fix-,ermanent residence, orVfbs tures an.l appurtenances used and conoee where service can l^?n ain- I n®cted-therewith in any manner what-|Ron said J. B. Alevanafter called defendantsoever, which deed of trust was ex-ecutedand delivered to J. VY . Lewis,attached «c- sued- on to plaintiff, to-wit: the 15therty-tive i Doi- lay of Ocko er 1908, letted on as theproperty "»*• J,. H. Walls and D. Ed J.if■eby sued for was duabout September 1st,plaintiff, at the special instfr 'e ;request of the defendant, rnadejfordefendant an abstract of titlo^v-Cir.gthe title to th^ Bart Murtiuf ^Survey of land in Mbalgomerj Cou*qjj|,T^i xas. * , • . '|T Thai though often r qut «tt I an'. <K)manded. the defendoU’ ha- fi> ;« «U||i n fused, »nd still reft^s, V-P*y 4RE„t„r .nv,.ruhm. ,™[■ Herein Fl.I Not, %> have f i.f,,n thl Court, nt thf ••!• ■< d MI rm. thir WriL wj'h > r n|j . reon, sho^iRgR' ‘’HlK u •-•* th*I wi■ 4 ,f, MRW 'His and ta -h of -Wsrifilistfia. to^satisfyL63,528.90 in Javor of Jof Suit.- 3i... Montgomery County. Texas, at the,9^'1*W . j i 4. ... t .» iLewis, Trustaa. to/8a.i^|a judement 'oting pl.ee in ...d town ef$3,528.90I' nnaoimonton, and coslsGiven under my hand, *,• January, A. D. 19J1M. A. ANDERSON. Sheri-t dav)County Judge's Order for St#< W Uf i ctioi, Justice Precinct &>. ]wi -3IEAS, the Rettion duly.gigr.tdby J i'« Tadlock and otht-^ttua ,d| the same being ri4Rol!-'r»L' within Justices Rrt nt N mi-(I) on Montgoraor. C.»uit..,as duly presented to hej( •on-sOiUrt of esid Chun y,ruti) A D. 1911, •ID ousty 1911, |Hirw for an |iUr*-4|osaid Jiistiva# 6L 'it said f fi*M>ty, thj Willis, within the hours prescribed by further ordered by the < ourt j Vlaw, on Friday, March 31st 1911, for that the clfcrk of this Court furnish the fathe purpose of enabling the freeholders three [3J county papers, towit: The . fatresiding within swl Justices Precint' C*nr0® Courier, Montgomery Chronicle } WI number one -(1) of said Montgomery “nd the Willis Weekly Journal, a copy fai County, Texas, to determine whether e*ch of thi* order for publication for fa' hogs, sheep and goats shall be permit* *UB)’ twenty day a prior to said election, fated to run at large within said Justice !~ , S. A. McCAl.L. . j wrPrecint No. one 11J of mid Motilgom-: CountJ '*'• Mont*»n,er> <‘ouMy Oi.r, ounty. T«m ••< h.rein before Pre£ N™0* " %ilex riped .and designated. U R F II PITTS | faSerly is herc-by sppointed as Prvsid- * Commissionor Precinct No. 2. faing officer of said Election and f t F. f, J, YELVFK1 ON, } XWallace and Marion Dean are hereby Commissioner Preciru t No. 3 faapi-iinted as Jndgtti to assist In hftltt- j P. W DAVIS, Xmg said Meetion, No person can vote Goi»,n.iwu>nair Precinct No. 4. : Jat end f if (Mew unis** he be • free- .......... _,iu*htn ! -votes Ujgtev tl,« Till, STAI K OF TEX AS, ,atxliaa it btate Te**s,! <,within Jostae Pre I, W, ft, Griffifi, tLtrfti of the ■ Im <•- AH votes si, ballot aad tlioa* Isatnng t# pre- **“«sioners oou/t of Hitutgotnmry *«un- JIf, Texas. 4tt hofufc* cerUff MNM Ib* 'fafafafafafa fafafafafafafafafaSTILLHERE!The fire left us safe and soundJn our new brick building.We are readv to fill all orders In anything thatyou may need at no advance In prices. W’eshall not take advantage of our competitors’misfortune or your necessity*Our ftteclt is ample to supply the entire town and we hfive iuHi<ienthelp to fill your older* prcm|itly.I McKibbir5vMcKibbin5he Reliable Store.♦